Chapter 57: Lin's Bookstore

Last time, the Starving Ghost caused great destruction outside the city, so much so that after the Starving Ghost was suppressed, the residents who had fled into the city were unwilling to live outside the city again.

Now the refugees coming from other places just happened to use those broken houses and rotten tiles to build shacks, picking up some broken bowls and pottery jars to make do, and they could also live.

Lin Feng stood at the city gate and watched the excitement for a while before entering the city to do his own business.

Today, the city looked even more lively than usual. The teahouses and taverns by the street were full of people.

Before getting close, one could hear them heatedly discussing what happened last night. There was even a special storyteller on the teahouse hanging his voice and telling the book "Zhou Sheng Angry Fights Evil Ghosts, Settling the Four Directions and Six Domains."

This caused a group of tea guests to applaud one after another, and from time to time, someone would stand up unconsciously to urge the storyteller to tell the next chapter quickly.

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, wait for this old man to drink some tea to moisten his throat."

Lin Feng had just arrived at the teahouse and sat down, ordering a pot of high-quality Biluochun and osmanthus cake.

"What are they talking about? So lively?"

When the tea doctor brought the tea, Lin Feng asked him directly.

"Heh, is this your first time, guest?"

Hearing Lin Feng ask this, the tea doctor asked back.

"Indeed."

Lin Feng nodded. He used to go to taverns, but today that side was full.

"That's just right, today Mr. Yun has a newly compiled book to tell. I heard it has something to do with what happened a few days ago!"

The tea doctor poured the tea and left in a hurry. Subsequently, Lin Feng sipped the tea and drank it by himself.

"Let's stop here for today's book about Zhou Sheng. Next, this old man will talk about the 'Great Sage Equaling Heaven' who appeared in Chen Family Village a few days ago!"

"It is said that that night was dark and windy, and the village protector Chen Da was carrying a lantern..."

As the storyteller slowly unfolded the story, Lin Feng, who was drinking tea, almost sprayed it out.

He never expected that the Great Sage Equaling Heaven's reputation had been compiled into a book by someone.

Fortunately, he was used to pretending, so he quickly ate a piece of osmanthus cake to send the tea down.

"It was too late, it was too fast. Just when the people of Chen Family Village were entangled by the Drowning Ghost and couldn't escape, a loud laugh suddenly came from the sky!"

"Heh, I saw a monkey-faced god-man wearing golden armor, holding a long cudgel, and stepping on cloud-climbing boots standing on the eaves."

"The Drowning Ghost saw the person coming as if a mouse saw a cat and immediately wanted to run, but the long cudgel instantly became a pillar supporting the sky and fell with a bang!"

"..."

The storyteller's exaggerated description actually turned the battle between two Small *Gui* into a shocking battle.

Lin Feng felt embarrassed listening to it. After drinking the tea in the cup, he fled like he was running away.

He didn't feel anything when he did it himself, but being spoken out of someone else's mouth, he still felt a bit ashamed.

"Forget it, go buy things first, and then go to the shop where the paper dolls appeared to see the situation."

Shaking his head, Lin Feng extinguished the idea of entertainment and continued to walk toward the city.

This time he wanted to buy mainly various strange stories of this world, as well as some books.

Because he discovered that some things were hidden in mythology, strange stories, and books, just like the things he did would be adapted into books by storytellers.

According to the information obtained from the two Ghost Suppression Division Divine Catcher corpses he buried, the Great Xia Dynasty did indeed have Saints, but how many, how powerful, and what abilities they had, Lin Feng didn't know at all.

Perhaps he could explore the truth through mythological strange stories, so he wanted to buy these books to see.

Arriving at the street specializing in selling all kinds of four treasures of the study, miscellaneous books, and calligraphy and paintings, Lin Feng was dazzled by the various things here.

Walking into a shop casually, he immediately saw books emanating the fragrance of ink, but most of these books were various scriptures, poetry, and policy discussions, etc.

"Are there any miscellaneous books?"

Scanning the shop, Lin Feng asked the middle-aged shopkeeper who looked like an old scholar.

"Miscellaneous books?"

Hearing Lin Feng ask this, the shopkeeper who looked like an old scholar raised his head, and then a look of understanding appeared on his face involuntarily.

"Right, miscellaneous books."

"Oh, there are miscellaneous books, there are. Do you want hardcover? Or paperback?"

Lin Feng emphasized, and then the shopkeeper walked toward the back of the shop. Before entering, he didn't forget to turn back and ask Lin Feng another sentence.

"Hardcover? Paperback?"

Lin Feng didn't quite understand why miscellaneous books had to be divided like this?

"Paperback is fine!"

However, Lin Feng didn't have high requirements, anyway, as long as he could read it.

"Okay, wait a moment."

Soon the shopkeeper came out from the room behind the shop holding a stack of books, and then let Lin Feng choose for himself.

"《Wandering Immortal Cave》, 《Secret History of the Book Forest》, 《Shaoyang Atlas》, 《Secret History of the Jade Concubine》, 《Biography of Ruyi Jun》..."

"These are all good things, although they are a bit old, they are absolutely good to use!"

Lin Feng looked at several names and was interested at first, but after opening a few pages, his expression suddenly became strange.

He finally understood why the boss's eyes when looking at him were always a bit strange.

"Cough, cough, the miscellaneous books I want are mythological and strange ones. I wonder if you have any here?"

Lin Feng put down the books in his hand. It was better to leave these things for the shopkeeper to enjoy alone.

"You should have said so earlier!"

"Over there, go out the door and turn left, the Lin's Bookstore at the very end specializes in all kinds of strange legends!"

The expression on the shopkeeper's face suddenly changed from enthusiastic to bored. It seemed that Lin Feng's lack of interest in these books made him quite disappointed.

Then he pointed outside the shop and told Lin Feng the name of a shop.

"Thank you!"

Lin Feng bowed to him and then walked out. He didn't expect that his first time buying books would encounter this thing by mistake.

However, the people of this era were really pitiful, actually taking some vague, crudely made booklets as treasures. Thinking of his previous life...

Lin Feng walked on the street, his mind involuntarily sympathizing with the shopkeeper, but soon he came back to his senses.

He was here to buy books, not to sympathize with the other party. After straightening his expression, Lin Feng walked toward that Lin's Bookstore.

However, when Lin Feng arrived in front of this shop, his body shook violently!

Because this place, this shop, was exactly the place where he encountered the paper doll from the night-soil worker!

"Such a coincidence?"

Lin Feng looked up at the shop plaque and the surrounding layout, and found that although it was a bit different from the night, the details were exactly the same as what he saw through the *Zhong Shi Yang Gui Jing*.

After thinking for a while, Lin Feng walked directly into the shop. Since he was already here, naturally there was no reason to leave.

On one hand, he had the confidence, and on the other hand, he wanted to find out what was going on inside.

This was definitely an old shop. As soon as he entered the door, Lin Feng could see that the bookshelves here were filled with yellowed books.

The bookshelves, doors and windows, chairs, etc., were also black. Needless to say, these things definitely had some years.

Guarding the shop was a young man with a pale face. At this moment, he was holding an old book and reading. Seeing Lin Feng come in, he immediately put on a fake smile.

"What books does the guest want?"

"Mythology, strange stories, legends, these, are there any reliable ones?"

Lin Feng looked like an ordinary guest. After entering, his eyes were attracted by the surrounding old books, and his eyes fell on these books without looking back as he said to him. ===== CHAPTER 58 =====